final essay

Read the feedback that you should have received from your classmates, tutor, and instructor (click here for directions) on both drafts and make any needed changes before submitting this final version. Be sure your essay meets all the requirements in the checklist below! Please be aware that while the final essay should be very similar to the first and second drafts (not a complete rewrite), it CANNOT be identical to either draft. Every student’s drafts had room for improvement. REMINDERS The instructions for the entire comparison-and-contrast project, which you saw on the brainstorming step, are available as a PDF here. Keep in mind that the essay should be written in third person, avoiding first- and second-person pronouns like “I,” “we,” and “you.” Leave yourself out of the picture. Instead of “Two of my sisters work at schools,” I would write, “Lauren Baird and Jill Carlee, who are sisters, both work at schools.” Instead of “I enjoy both baseball and softball because they are similar yet different,” I would write, “Although they use similar equipment, baseball and softball follow different rules and require different skills.” If you have questions, you are strongly encouraged to meet with your instructor or a tutor. Provide the tutor with these instructions as well as your instructors feedback on your previous steps. Be sure that you have read all your instructors feedback. CHECKLIST (Every draft or final paragraph in this project must include these five things!) a one-sentence thesis (topic sentence) containing BOTH TOPICS and either one overall point or all three primary points three primary points, which must be organized point by point or topic by topic (whole to whole) and fully developed with supporting details like reasons and evidence with explanation and examples a single concluding sentence that returns to both topics and the main idea of the thesis and provides a sense of closure by looking at the big picture or the future one paragraph at least 400 but no more than 500 words* In addition, it must NOT have an introduction or use ANY sourced material! We will cover sources and citations in the next unit for use in later essays. IMPORTANT NOTES Any work submitted LATE earns a ZERO. Final essays submitted at least 24 hours EARLY earn 10 points extra credit. If the final submission is not double-spaced, it loses 10%. *Count only words in the paragraphsNOT IN THE HEADING OR TITLE. In Word, the word count at the bottom left of the window counts the whole document, so you must select the text only from the thesis statement through the concluding sentence before looking at that number. (See chapter 37.3.H.)